Guest Post by: Mike Hoepfner
 
The older lady at the end of a long table was celebrating her birthday with her friends. I was told by Cheryl and Tim, two acquaintances I just met, that she has been coming here often since the late 30’s. Many rounds of happy birthday were sung that day, from friends […]

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The Town Meeting - Elk Rapids, MI
By Hadley Robinson
Antrim County News Editor
ELK RAPIDS - By the time spring rolls around, Short’s Brewing Company will be pumping out bottles of beer in Elk Rapids.
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Detroit is the home of one of my new favorite places to have a beer. On Woodward and in the shadows of Campus Martius lies Foran’s Irish Pub, and it is not your typical Irish pub. You can still have a pint of Guinness, but you can also get a some of the best beer […]

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If you haven’t heard already, Milan is getting it’s own brewery. Ypsilanti home brewer, Brad Sancho will soon be living the dream all home brewers hope to eventually graduate to. Brad has been home brewing for around 6 years using a 10 gallon all-grain system he built in […]

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I came across this photo today on metromode and was inspired to blog about. Isn’t it beautiful? It’s an image of the Mug Club member mugs which hang over the bar at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti. Each one is hand thrown, personlized with it’s owners name and glazed in lovely deep earthy blue and brown hues.  Our very own MIBeerBuzz blogger John Nasers and […]

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Joseph’s Beverage Center
4129 Talmadge Rd, Toledo, OH
(419) 472-1421

This place is one of my favorite beer stores. I can’t think of another that has the amazing selection that they have. You walk in and, once you know the place, you dart straight to the back. You’ll walk up on stacks of […]

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Here it is folks - what we’ve been waiting for:
Third Annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival Tickets
Figured I would post a video from last year to show the fun that was had by all:

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Stopped by the Motor City Brewing Works this past weekend after a show at the Fisher. Definitely worth stopping in. The atmosphere is cozy and the staff very friendly. And the beer.. the beer was great. I tasted almost everything, the Brown, Porter, Lager and ended up […]

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(01.09.08) - City commissioners Monday unanimously approved a proposal for a new microbrewery in the city.  Read more here (an article on the Detroit News site in Macomb Briefs - scroll to bottom of page).  
*Thanks for the heads up Mike - anyone else know more about this?

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Guest Post by: Josh Marenger
Don’t use the fact that you live in an upper as an excuse for not doing all-grain. I did for some time, especially since only two of the burners on my lousy electric stove work (the small ones too!). After some thought I realized that it was not […]

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